Hobbies

Some of the things we love to do.

We've been married for thirty six years and enjoy many of the same activities. We both enjoy traveling, computers, digital photography, birding, hiking, political science, reading and gourmet cooking. Because of the cooking, we enjoy  working out together! John also enjoys music, digital audio, programming and playing guitar. I enjoy machine embroidery, sewing, rocks, gems and minerals, making and wearing jewelry, designing dichroic glass, wearable art, gardening, scrapbooking, and posting my electronic cookbook, located under "Recipes" on our site. We have lived in California for over 36 years and enjoy the Mediterranean climate and the varied landscape.

My main hobby is making things on my BabyLock Solaris/Visions II, Destiny II and Aventura II. I also have the BabyLock Imagine Serger and the Babylock Anniversary Edition Triumph Serger. The first photo below shows the Solaris/Visions II and the Destiny II.

My Embroidery Room and some of my projects (click arrow):

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Below are a few slide shows of things I've made.

Bench Pillows

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Couch Pillows

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Quilts

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Kitchen Towels

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Mesh Bags

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Mug Rugs

Halloween Mug Rug
Halloween Mug Rug
Pumpkin Mug Rug
Boo Halloween Mug Rug
Paris Mug Rug
Birthday Mug Rug
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Wine Corks Mug Rug
Mardi Gras Mug Rug
Skeleton Mug Rug
Flip Flops Mug Rug
Love my dog mug rug
Day of the dead mug rug
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Flower mug rug
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Be Happy Mug Rug

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Purses

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Giraffe Purse
Cat Purse
Cat purse
Ladybug purse
Chicken Purse witth lace zipper
Mermaid Purse
Rose Purse
Skeleton Face with ribbon zipper purse
Guitar Purse
Nurse purse
Unicorn purse with hand sanitizer
Dog purse with hand sianitzer and poop bag
Bear Purse
Batik Purse

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Potholders

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Coffee Pot Holder
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Bird Pot Holder
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Cat Pot Holder
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Wine Pot Holder
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These are our cameras, the Sony A1 with the Sony 100mm-400mm G-Master lens and the Sony A7R Mark IV with the Sony 200mm-600mm lens.  We love them!


John started playing guitar when he first heard The Beatles. These are some of his guitars.

A few of John's guitars...

Digital audio workstations are a great way to experiment with different sounds and maybe compose some "music" along the way.

DAW Screen Shot (Digital Audio Workstation)

These are some items from John's "technology museum". He likes his electronic gadgets.

John's technology museum

1. Sony Handycam CCD-TRV72 Hi-8 Analog Camcorder 2. Creative NOMAD Jukebox Zen .mp3 player 3. Addonics Pocket CD-RW Portable External Drive Ad-285 4. Nokia 5165 ATT Cellular Phone 5. Wolverine Data 80GB FlashPac 7000, 7-in-1 Portable Data Storage Device & Media Reader 6. 1985 Sony Wm-F15 Walkman AM/FM Cassette Player, 7. Grand Prix 8 Transistor Radio (circa 1965), 8. Casio EV-670 3" LCD TV (circa 2006), 9. Olympus Note Corder 100 Voice Recorder (circa 1996), 10. Franklin Merriam-Webster's Speaking Collegiate Dictionary (circa 2004), 11. Panasonic Rn-109 Handheld Cassette Voice Activated Recorder